a., sb., and adv. [UN-1 7.]
1. Of persons: Discourteous, impolite; ungentle, rude, rough.
c. 1205. Lay., 28826. Ne durste nauere nan vn-hende Þas kinges hus isechen.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 9023. Bot mistru nan … þat i Thinc sai o womman wilani, If i sua did i war vnhind [v.r. vnhend]. Ibid., 28426. Gains godd i haue bene vn-hende, Þat i wit-halden ha my tende.
c. 1330. R. Brunne, Chron. Wace (Rolls), 16022. But longe er hit was brought til ende, He was slayn wyþ folk vnhende.
c. 1380. Sir Ferumbras, 1965. Þar-after schalt þow wende … And take þe kyng þat is ounhende.
a. 1450. Le Morte Arth., 1081. Off foo ne frend, the sothe to say, So vn-hend of thewis is ther none.
absol. c. 1460. Towneley Myst., xx. 642. My comforth from care may ye sone wyn, If ye happely may hent that vnheynde.
2. Of acts, words, etc.: Unfitting, improper.
c. 1205. Lay., 13265. Þe frume wes vnhende & al swa wes þe ænde.
c. 1225. Ancr. R., 204. Mid luue speche, cos, unhende gropunges, þet beoð heaued sunnen.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 27734. Vnheind talking, o dede vtrage,… Hurtes grett, and sclander and tene.
c. 1400[?]. Emare, 445. The old qwene spakke wordus unhende.
c. 1425. Cast. Persev., 2030, in Macro Pl., 138. Þis day ȝe dyth a good defens! Whyl Mankynde is in good entent, His þoutis arn vn-hende.
b. sb. Trouble, mischief.
1377. Langl., P. Pl., B. XX. 185. ‘Sire euel-ytauȝte elde,’ quod I, ‘vnhende go with the!’
3. adv. Improperly; unfaithfully.
1338. R. Brunne, Chron. (1810), 259. Ȝe sette a certeyn þing, at ȝour boþe assent,… Þou brak þat certeynte wikkedly & vnhende.
